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CROSSLINKED POLYSACCHARIDES AND METHODS OF
PRODUCTION THEREOF
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to crosslinked polysaccharides and
methods of preparation thereof and, in particular, glyoxal and
glyoxal/titanium crosslinked guar and methods of preparation thereof.
[0003] Guars are commercially available in several forms, including
derivatized and underivatized. Among the derivatized forms are cationic,
non-ionic, and anionic, and combinations of cationic, non-ionic, and
anionic. Among the derivatized guar splits and gums are carboxyl methyl
guar gums, hydroxypropyl guar gums, and hydroxypropyl
trimethylammonium guar gums, which are commercially available materials
used in a variety of applications and are typically made by a "water-splits"
process, wherein material, known as guar "splits", derived from guar seeds
undergoes reaction with a derivatizing agent in an aqueous medium.
[0004] These various types of guars have been used extensively in many
fields. Among the fields of use where properties of guars are useful are
personal care, household care, and pet care formulations, including but not
limited to: shampoos, body washes, hand soaps, lotions, creams,
conditioners, shaving products, facial washes, neutralizing shampoos,
personal wipes, other hair care products and skin treatments.
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[0005] Guars are conventionally produced by milling at an alkaline pH
and then crosslinked with Borax (sodium tetra borate). Borax is commonly
used as a processing aid in the reaction step of the water-splits process to
partially crosslink the surface of the guar splits and thereby reduces the
amount of water absorbed by the guar splits during washing. The borate
crosslinking takes place under alkaline conditions and is reversible,
allowing the product to hydrate under acidic conditions.
[0006] However, due to regulatory concerns regarding the boron content
of materials used in personal care applications, it has now become
desirable to make derivatized guar without using any boron-containing
crosslinker.
[0007] Another problem with conventional cationic guars is the production
of trimethylamine ("TMA") impurity when milling at high temperatures.
Trimethylamine is an undesirable impurity in personal care formulations
due to its fishy smell.
[0008] A still further problem with conventional guars is undesirable
yellowing whereas certain end use formulations require white guar.
[0009] What is needed is an alternative to boron crosslinking as a process
aid to simplify the manufacture and handling of polysaccharide thickeners,
including derivatized polysaccharide thickeners, such as derivatized guars.
[0010] It is also desirable to produce improved guars which are
crosslinked, boron-free, and comprise substantially no trimethylamine or no
trimethylamine at all.
[0011] It is further desired to provide cationic guars which improve
silicone deposition in personal care formulations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0012] In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for
making crosslinked derivatized polysaccharides, comprising the steps of:
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(a) contacting particles of a polysaccharide with a titanium compound in an
aqueous medium having an alkaline pH under conditions appropriate to
intra-particulately crosslink the particles; (b) reacting, prior to or after
the
step of contacting the particles of polysaccharide with the titanium
compound, the particles of polysaccharide with a derivatizing agent under
conditions appropriate to produce derivatized polysaccharide particles; (c)
washing the titanium crosslinked and derivatized particles; (d) contacting,
concurrently with or after the step of washing the titanium crosslinked and
derivatized particles, such particles with an aqueous medium having an
acidic pH under conditions appropriate to substantially de-crosslink the
particles; and (e) contacting, concurrently with or after step (d), the de-
crosslinked particles with a glyoxal compound under conditions appropriate
to intra-particulately crosslink the particles.
[0013] In another aspect, present invention is directed to a method for
making crosslinked derivatized polysaccharides, comprising the steps of:
(a) contacting particles of a polysaccharide with a titanium compound in an
aqueous medium having a pH greater than about 10 under conditions
appropriate to intra-particulately crosslink the particles; (b) reacting,
prior
to or after the step of contacting the particles of polysaccharide with the
titanium compound, the particles of polysaccharide with a derivatizing
agent under conditions appropriate to produce derivatized polysaccharide
particles; (c) washing the titanium crosslinked and derivatized particles; (d)
contacting such particles with an aqueous medium having an acidic pH
under conditions appropriate to substantially de-crosslink the particles; and
(e) contacting, concurrently with or after step (d), the de-crosslinked
particles with a glyoxal compound under conditions appropriate to intra-
particulately crosslink the particles.
[0014] In a further aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for
making crosslinked derivatized polysaccharides, comprising the steps of:
(a) contacting particles of a polysaccharide with a titanium compound in an
aqueous medium having pH greater than about 10 under conditions
appropriate to intra-particulately crosslink the particles; (b) reacting,
prior to
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or after the step of contacting the particles of polysaccharide with the
titanium compound, the particles of polysaccharide with a derivatizing
agent under conditions appropriate to produce derivatized polysaccharide
particles; (c) washing the titanium crosslinked and derivatized particles; (d)
contacting the titanium crosslinked and derivatized particles with an
aqueous medium having a pH less than about 10 under conditions
appropriate to substantially de-crosslink the particles; and (e) contacting
the de-crosslinked particles with a glyoxal compound in an aqueous
medium having a pH less than about 7 under conditions appropriate to
intra-particulately crosslink the particles. In one embodiment, the
aforementioned steps of contacting the titanium crosslinked and derivatized
particles with an aqueous medium in step (d), contacting the de-crosslinked
particles with a glyoxal compound in step (e) or both is performed through
spraying.
[0015] In yet a further aspect, the present invention is directed to a method
for producing a crosslinked polysaccharide comprising: (a) reacting
particles of polysaccharide with a derivatizing agent under conditions
appropriate to produce derivatized polysaccharide particles; (b) washing
the derivatized polysaccharide particles; and (c) contacting, prior to or
after
the step of washing the derivatized polysaccharide particles, the particles
with a glyoxal compound in an aqueous medium under condition
appropriate to crosslink the derivatized polysaccharide particles.
[0016] In another aspect, the present invention is a personal care product
comprising the polysaccharides made by any of the methods described
above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0017] The guar made according to the method of the present invention
has no intentionally added boron, but may comprise small amounts of
boron impurities, for example, as a naturally occurring component of guar
splits or process fluids used in the method.
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[0018] The boron content of the material, as determined by mass
spectroscopy, is less than about 50 parts per million (ppm") boron, that is,
less than about 50 parts by weight boron per one million parts by weight of
the material, more typically less than about 20 ppm, and even more
typically less than 5 ppm.
[0019] As used herein, the terminology "aqueous medium" generally
means a liquid medium that contains water, typically greater than or equal
to 10 wt% water, more typically greater than or equal to 25 wt% water,
even more typically greater than or equal to 50 wt% water and less than 90
wt%, more typically less than 75 wt%, and even more typically less than 50
wt% of one or more water miscible organic liquids, such as for example, an
alcohol, such as ethanol or iso-propanol, and may, optionally contain one
or more solutes dissolved in the aqueous medium. In one embodiment, the
liquid portion of an aqueous medium consists essentially of water. As used
herein the terminology "aqueous solution" refers more specifically to an
aqueous medium that further comprises one or more solutes dissolved in
the aqueous medium.
[0020] As used herein, the term "intra-particulately" means within each
discrete particle of the polysaccharide and intra-particulate crosslinking
thus refers to crosslinking between polysaccharide molecules of a discrete
polysaccharide particle, typically between hydroxyl groups of such
polysaccharide molecules, with no significant crosslinking between
particles.
[0021] Suitable polysaccharides contain polymeric chains of saccharide
constitutive units, and include, for example, starches, celluloses, xanthans,
such as xanthan gum, polyfructoses such as levan, and galactomannans
such as guar gum, locust bean gum, and tara gum. The polysaccharides
are not completely soluble in the aqueous medium and thus typically
remain as a discrete solid phase dispersed in the aqueous medium.
[0022] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is a locust bean gum.
Locust bean gum or carob bean gum is the refined endosperm of the seed
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of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua. The ratio of galactose to mannose for
this type of gum is about 1:4. In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is a
tara gum. Tara gum is derived from the refined seed gum of the tara tree.
The ratio of galactose to mannose is about 1:3.
[0023] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is a polyfructose. Levan is
a polyfructose comprising 5-membered rings linked through 13-2,6 bonds,
with branching through p-2,1 bonds. Levan exhibits a glass transition
temperature of 138 C and is available in particulate form. At a molecular
weight of 1-2 million, the diameter of the densely-packed spherulitic
particles is about 85 nm.
[0024] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is a xanthan. Xanthans of
interest are xanthan gum and xanthan gel. Xanthan gum is a
polysaccharide gum produced by Xathomonas campestris and contains D-
glucose, D-mannose, D-glucuronic acid as the main hexose units, also
contains pyruvate acid, and is partially acetylated.
[0025] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide of the present invention is
derivatized or non-derivatized guar. Guar comes from guar gum, the
mucilage found in the seed of the leguminous plant Cyamopsis
tetragonolobus. The water soluble fraction (85%) is called "guaran," which
consists of linear chains of (1,4)-.P-D mannopyranosyl units-with a-D-
galactopyranosyl units attached by (1,6) linkages. The ratio of D-galactose
to D-mannose in guaran is about 1:2. Guar gum typically has a weight
average molecular weight of between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 Daltons.
[0026] The guar seeds used to make guar gum are composed of a pair of
tough, non-brittle endosperm sections, hereafter referred to as "guar splits,"
between which is sandwiched the brittle embryo (germ). After dehulling,
the seeds are split, the germ (43-47% of the seed) is removed by
screening. The splits typically contain about 78-82% galactomannan
polysaccharide and minor amounts of some proteinaceous material,
inorganic salts, water-insoluble gum, and cell membranes, as well as some
residual seedcoat and seed embryo.
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[0027] Processes for making derivatives of polysaccharides are generally
known. Typically, the polysaccharide is reacted with one or more
derivatizing agents under appropriate reaction conditions to produce a guar
polysaccharide having the desired substituent groups. Suitable derivatizing
reagents are commercially available and typically contain a reactive
functional group, such as an epoxy group, a chlorohydrin group, or an
ethylenically unsaturated group, and at least one other substituent group,
such as a cationic, nonionic or anionic substituent group, or a precursor of
such a substituent group per molecule, wherein substituent group may be
linked to the reactive functional group of the derivatizing agent by bivalent
linking group, such as an alkylene or oxyalkylene group. Suitable cationic
substituent groups include primary, secondary, or tertiary amino groups or
quaternary ammonium, sulfonium, or phosphinium groups. Suitable
nonionic substituent groups include hydroxyalkyl groups, such as
hydroxypropyl groups. Suitable anionic groups include carboxyalkyl
groups, such as carboxymethyl groups. The cationic, nonionic and/ or
anionic substituent groups may be introduced to the guar polysaccharide
chains via a series of reactions or by simultaneous reactions with the
respective appropriate derivatizing agents.
[0028] In one embodiment, the derivatized guar of the present invention
includes but is not limited to hydroxypropylguar (HPG), carboxymethylguar
(CMG), hydroxyethyl guar (HEG), carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar
(CMHPG), hydroxybutyl guar (HBG), cationic guar, hydrophobically
modified guar (HMG), hydrophobically modified carboxymethylguar
(HMCMG), hydrophobically modified hydroxyethylguar (HMHEG),
hydrophobically modified hydroxypropylguar (HMHPG), hydrophobically
modified carboxymethylhydroxypropylguar (HMCMHPG), hydrophobically
modified hydroxybutyl guar (HMHBG), and hydrophobically modified
cationic guar (HMCG).
[0029] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is reacted with an alkylene
oxide derivatizing agent, such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or
butylene oxide, under known alkoxylation conditions to add hydroxyalkyl
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and/or poly(alkyleneoxy) substituent groups to the guar polysaccharide
chains.
[0030] In one embodiment, the polysaccharide is reacted with a carboxylic
acid derivatizing agent, such as sodium monochloroacetate, under known
esterification conditions to add carboxyalkyl groups to the guar
polysaccharide chains.
[0031] The derivatizing agent can comprise a cationic substituent group
that comprises a cationic nitrogen radical, more typically, a quaternary
ammonium radical, for example. Typical quaternary ammonium radicals
are trialkylammonium radicals, such as trimethylammonium radicals,
triethylammonium radicals, tributylammonium radicals,
aryldialkylammonium radicals, such as benzyldimethylammonium radicals,
radicals, and ammonium radicals in which the nitrogen atom is a member
of a ring structure, such as pyridinium radicals and imidazoline radicals,
each in combination with a counterion, typically a chloride, bromide, or
iodide counterion. In some embodiments, the cationic substituent group is
linked to the reactive functional group of the cationizing agent, for example,
by an alkylene or oxyalkylene linking group.
[0032] Suitable cationizing reagents include, for example, epoxy-
functional cationic nitrogen compounds, such as, for example, 2,3-
epoxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride; chlorohydrin-functional cationic
nitrogen compounds, such as, for example, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl
trimethylammonium chloride, 3-chloro-2-hyd roxypropyl-
lauryldimethylammonium chloride, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl-
stearyldimethylammonium chloride; and vinyl-, or (meth)acrylamide-
functional nitrogen compounds, such as methacrylamidopropyl
trimethylammonium chloride.
[0033] While the embodiments detailed below discuss the use of
derivatized guar, it is understood that any polysaccharide detailed above
may be used.
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[0034] In some embodiments the guar splits are reacted with a
chlorohydrin-functional quaternary ammonium compound in the presence
of base, in an aqueous medium under relatively mild conditions, such as
heating to a temperature of about 20 C to about 85 C, typically about 40 C
to about 70 C, to produce cationic guar splits, that is, derivatized guar
splits
having cationic functional groups.
[0035] The derivatized guar splits can comprise molecules of guar having
one or more substituent groups per molecule of guar, wherein a first portion
of the substituent groups is added by reaction of guar splits with one or
more first derivatizing agents under appropriate reaction conditions in a
first
liquid medium, and a second portion of the substituent groups have been
added by reaction of the guar splits with one or more second derivatizing
agents in a second liquid medium under appropriate reaction conditions,
wherein at least one of the first liquid medium and the second liquid
medium is an aqueous medium.
[0036] The derivatized guar splits produced by reaction of guar splits with
a derivatizing agent in an aqueous medium can be in the form of water-
swollen gum comprising (i) from about 30 to 60 parts by weight ("pbw"),
more typically from 30 to 50 pbw of cationic guar splits per 100 pbw of
water-swollen gum and (ii) from about 40 to 70 pbw, more typically 50 to 70
pbw of water per 100 pbw of water-swollen gum.
[0037] The step of contacting the derivatized guar splits with an aqueous
wash medium can be conducted prior to, concurrent with or after the step
of the reaction of guar splits with a derivatizing agent in an aqueous
reaction medium under appropriate reaction conditions. In one
embodiment, the water-swollen gum produced by reaction of guar splits
with a derivatizing agent in an aqueous reaction medium is contacted with
the aqueous wash medium.
[0038] The derivatized guar splits can then be allowed to cool, typically to
a temperature of less than or equal to about 50 C prior to washing the
derivatized guar splits.
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[0039] The derivatized guar splits can then be washed with the aqueous
medium by contacting the derivatized guar splits with the aqueous medium
and then physically separating the aqueous wash medium, in the form of
an aqueous rinse solution, from the derivatized guar splits, wherein the
contacting and separating steps taken together constitute one "wash step"
or "washing" step. In one embodiment, an aqueous wash medium
comprising from about 0.1 to about 30 pbw of a glyoxal can be used.
[0040] One or more wash steps are conducted in any suitable process
vessel. Each wash step may be conducted as a batch process, such as for
example, in a stirred mixing vessel, or as a continuous process, such as for
example, in a column wherein a stream of the derivatized guar splits is
contacted with a co-current or counter-current stream of aqueous wash
medium.
[0041] The aqueous wash medium can comprise water and, optionally,
up to 25 pbw water miscible organic liquid per 100 pbw of aqueous
medium. Suitable water miscible organic liquids include, for example,
alcohols such as methanol or ethanol. More typically, the aqueous wash
medium consists essentially of water, even more typically, of deionized
water.
[0042] The derivatized guar splits can be contacted with, for example, from
about 2 to about 30 kilograms ("kg"), more typically from about 5 to about
20 kg, even more typically from about 5 to about 15 kg, of aqueous wash
medium per kg of derivatized guar splits solids per wash step.
[0043] The process of derivatizing guar particles or "splits" and one or
more wash steps are discussed above; one or more methods of
crosslinking the derivatized guar particles will now be discussed. In one
embodiment, a method for producing crosslinked guar particles comprises
(a) reacting guar particles with a derivatizing agent, as discussed above;
(b) washing the derivatized guar particles, as discussed above; and (c)
contacting (prior to, concurrently with or after the step of washing the
derivatized polysaccharide particles) the guar particles with a glyoxal
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compound in an aqueous medium under condition appropriate to crosslink
the derivatized polysaccharide particles.
[0044] In one embodiment, the crosslinking step can be conducted by
contacting the derivatized guar splits with glyoxal-containing aqueous wash
medium, to at least partially crosslink the hydroxyl groups of the respective
guar particles, for a contact time of up to about 30 minutes, more typically
from about 30 seconds to about 15 minutes, even more typically from about
1 minute to about 8 minutes, per high salt wash step.
[0045] In another embodiment, the crosslinking step involves contacting
the derivatized guar splits with a glyoxal compound after an aqueous wash
step. The glyoxal compound is typically in an aqueous solution comprising
from about 0.1 to about 30 pbw of glyoxal per 100 pbw of the total mixture.
The mixture may also contain an effective amount of an acid to lower the
pH below 7. Contacting the derivatized guar splits with a glyoxal
compound at least partially crosslinks the hydroxyl groups of the respective
guar particles. Crosslinking typically takes place intra-particulately, that
is,
within each discrete particle of guar splits, between the hydroxyl groups of
the particle, without any significant crosslinking between guar splits
particles. Contacting the derivatized guar splits with glyoxal compound
may comprise various methods including but not limited to a spraying
process.
[0046] In another embodiment, titanium compounds are contacted with the
derivatized or underivatized guar particles prior to or concurrently with the
first wash step. Contacting the guar particles with titanium compounds in
such a manner at least partially crosslinks the hydroxyl groups of the
respective guar particles, thus making the guar particles less susceptible to
loss during the wash step, i.e, when physically separating the aqueous
wash medium, in the form of an aqueous rinse solution, from the
derivatized guar splits. This, in turn, likely increases total derivatized
guar
yield.
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[0047] Typically, an aqueous dispersion of the titanium crosslinked guar is
maintained at a pH of greater than or equal to about 8, more typically
greater than or equal to about 10, more typically greater than or equal to
about 12, to maintain the guar in the form of substantially water insoluble
crosslinked particles to maintain the fluidity of the aqueous dispersion.
Crosslinking of the titanium crosslinked guar, however, is reversible and the
kinetics of de-crosslinking are pH sensitive. Generally, the titanium
crosslinked guar particles are de-crosslinked in a solution having a pH of
less than about 8. The rate at which de-crosslinking of the guar particles
occurs typically increases with decreasing pH. The de-crosslinking rate
can be increased by adjusting the pH of the aqueous mediurp to a value of
less than or equal to about 8, more typically less than or equal to about 7
and allows dissolution of the de-crosslinked guar in the aqueous medium,
typically to form a viscous aqueous solution of the guar in the aqueous
medium. The de-crosslinked guar can then be again crosslinked with a
glyoxal compound to maintain the guar particles in the form of an acid
dispersion of substantially water insoluble crosslinked particles (thus
maintaining the fluidity of the aqueous dispersion). It is desirable in
certain
formulations to utilize crosslinked guar particles in an acid dispersion.
[0048] In the above-mentioned embodiment, a method for producing
crosslinked guar particles comprises: (a) contacting guar particles with a
titanium compound in an aqueous medium having an alkaline pH under
conditions appropriate to intra-particulately crosslink the particles; (b)
reacting, prior to or after the step of contacting the guar particles with the
titanium compound, the guar particles with a derivatizing agent under
conditions appropriate to produce derivatized guar particles; (c) washing
the titanium crosslinked and derivatized particles; (d) contacting,
concurrently with or after the step of washing the titanium crosslinked and
derivatized particles, such particles with an aqueous medium having an
acidic pH under conditions appropriate to substantially de-crosslink the
particles; and (e) contacting, concurrently with or after step (d), the de-
crosslinked particles with a glyoxal compound under conditions appropriate
to intra-particulately crosslink the particles.
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[0049] Suitable titanium compounds are those titanium (II), Titanium (III),
titanium (IV), and titanium (VI) compounds that are soluble in the aqueous
medium. In one embodiment, the titanium compound is a titanium (IV)
compound, that is, a titanium compound in which the titanium atoms of the
compound are in the +4 oxidation state.
[0050] In one embodiment, the titanium compound is a titanium salt, more
typically a water soluble titanium salt, such as titanium tetrachloride,
titanium tetrabromide, or tetra amino titanate.
[0051] In one embodiment, the titanium compound comprises one or more
titanium chelates. Suitable titanium chelates are commercially available
and include but are not limited to titanium acetylacetonates, triethanolamine
titanates, and titanium lactates
[0052] In one embodiment, the titanium compound comprises one or more
titanium esters. Suitable titanium esters are commercially available and
include but are not limited to n-butyl polytitanates, titanium
tetrapropanolate, octyleneglycol titanates, tetra-n-butyl titanates, tetra-n-
buytItitanates, tetra-2-ethylhexyl titanates, tetra-isopropyl titanate, and
tetra-isopropyl titanate.
[0053] In one embodiment, the titanium compound is selected from
diisopropyl di-triethanolamino titanate, titanate (2-), dihydroxy bis [2-
hydroypropanato (2+01, 02], ammonium salt, titanium acetylacetonate,
titanium ortho ester, titanium (IV) chloride, and mixtures thereof.
[0054] In one embodiment, the guar particles are contacted with the
titanium compound in the aqueous medium under conditions appropriate to
at least partially intra-particulately crosslink the hydroxyl groups of the
respective guar particles.
[0055] In one embodiment, aqueous medium comprises, based on 100
pbw of the medium, from about 0.1 to about 15 pbw, more typically from
about 0.5 to about 10 pbw, and even more typically from about 1 to about 5
pbw, of the titanium compound.
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[0056] In one embodiment, guar particles are contacted with titanium
compound in the aqueous medium at a temperature of from about 10 to
about 90 C, more typically from about 15 to about 35 C, and even more
typically, from about 20 to about 30 C.
[0057] In one embodiment, the guar particles are contacted with titanium
compound in the aqueous medium for a time period of from about 1 minute
to about 2 hours, more typically from about 5 minutes to about 60 minutes,
and even more typically from about 15 to about 35 minutes.
[0058] It is also understood that the guar particles can be first contacted
with a glyoxal compound, then washed, then de-crosslinked under alkaline
conditions, then crosslinked with a titanium compound, to form crosslinked
guar particles utilized in an alkaline dispersion. In one embodiment, a
method for producing crosslinked guar particles comprises: (a) contacting
guar particles with a glyoxal compound in an aqueous medium under
conditions appropriate to intra-particulately crosslink the particles; (b)
reacting, prior to or after the step of contacting the guar particles with the
glyoxal compound, the guar particles with a derivatizing agent under
conditions appropriate to produce derivatized guar particles; (c) washing
the glyoxal crosslinked and derivatized particles; (d) contacting,
concurrently with or after the step of washing the glyoxal crosslinked and
derivatized particles, such particles with an aqueous medium having an pH
appropriate to substantially de-crosslink the particles; and (e) contacting,
concurrently with or after step (d), the de-crosslinked particles with a
titanium compound under conditions appropriate to intra-particulately
crosslink the particles.
[0059] The washed derivatized splits can be separated from the aqueous
wash medium by any suitable dewatering means such as for example,
filtration and/or centrifugation. In one embodiment, the washed derivatized
splits are separated from the wash liquid by centrifugation.
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[0060] The dewatered derivatized splits can have a water content of less
than or equal to about 90 wt.%, more typically less than or equal to about
85 wt. % and even more typically less than or equal to about 80 wt. %.
[0061] The dewatered guar splits are dried and ground to produce
derivatized guar particles.
[0062] The guar can be dried by any suitable drying means, such as, for
example, air drying, fluid bed drying, flash grinding, freeze drying, to a
moisture content of less than or equal to about 20 wt%, more typically less
than or equal to about 15 wt%.
[0063] The dried guar splits can be ground by any suitable particle size
reduction means, such as, for example, a grinding mill. In one embodiment
the guar splits are simultaneously dried and ground in a "flash milling"
procedure, wherein a stream of guar splits and a stream of heated air are
simultaneously introduced into a grinding mill.
[0064] The guar according to the present invention is especially useful in
personal, household, and pet care applications, such as, for example,
shampoos, body washes, hand soaps, lotions, creams, conditioners,
shaving products, facial washes, neutralizing shampoos, personal wipes,
and skin treatments.
[0065] The personal care compositions comprise cationic guar of the
invention and one or more "benefit agents" that is, materials known in the
art that provide a personal care benefit, such as moisturizing or
conditioning, to the user of the personal care composition, such as, for
example, cleansing agents such as anionic surfactants, cationic
surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants and non-ionic
surfactants, as well as emollients, moisturizers, conditioners, polymers,
vitamins, abrasives, UV absorbers, antimicrobial agents, anti-dandruff
agents, fragrances, depigmentation agents, reflectants, thickening agents,
detangling/wet combing agents, film forming polymers, humectants, amino
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aging agents, anti-wrinkling agents, antiseptics, analgesics, antitussives,
antipruritics, local anesthetics, anti-hair loss agents, hair growth promoting
agents, hair growth inhibitor agents, antihistamines, antiinfectives,
inflammation inhibitors, anti-emetics, anticholinergics, vasoconstrictors,
vasodilators, wound healing promoters, peptides, polypeptides and
proteins, deodorants and anti-perspirants, medicament agents, hair
softeners, tanning agents, skin lightening agents, depilating agents,
shaving preparations, external analgesics, counterirritants, hemorrhoidals,
insecticides, poison ivy products, poison oak products, burn products, anti-
diaper rash agents, prickly heat agents, make-up preparations, amino acids
and their derivatives, herbal extracts, retinoids, flavoids, sensates, anti-
oxidants, hair lighteners, cell turnover enhancers, coloring agents, and
mixtures thereof.
[0066] The cationic guars of the invention aid in the delivery of the benefit
agent onto and/or into the skin, hair, and/or nails.
[0067] The personal care composition according to the present invention
can be an aqueous composition that comprises, based on 100 pbw of the
composition:
[0068] (a) greater than about 0.001 pbw, more typically from about 0.01
to about 0.8 pbw, and even more typically from about 0.1 to about 0.4 pbw,
of a derivatized guar according to the present invention, and
[0069] (b) greater than about 1 pbw, typically from about 5 to about 20
pbw, and even more typically from about 10 to about 15 pbw, of a
surfactant selected from cationic surfactants, anionic surfactants,
amphoteric surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, and
mixtures thereof.
[0070] The surfactant component (b) the personal care composition
according to the present invention can comprise a zwitterionic surfactant,
more typically a zwitterionic surfactant selected from alkyl betaines and
amidoalkylbetaines.
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[0071] The surfactant component (b) the personal care composition
according to the present invention can comprise a mixture of a zwitterionic
surfactant, more typically a zwitterionic surfactant selected from alkyl
betaines and amidoalkylbetaines, and an anionic surfactant, more typically
selected from salts of alkyl sulfates and alkyl ether sulfates.
[0072] Anionic surfactants suitable for use in the personal care
compositions are well known in the art, and include, for example,
ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, triethylamine lauryl
sulfate, triethylamine laureth sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate,
triethanolamine laureth sulfate, monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate,
monoethanolamine laureth sulfate, diethanolamine lauryl sulfate,
diethanolamine laureth sulfate, lauric monoglyceride sodium sulfate,
sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate,
potassium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sarcosinate, sodium lauroyl
sarcosinate, lauryl sarcosine, cocoyl sarcosine, ammonium cocoyl sulfate,
ammonium lauroyl sulfate, sodium cocoyl sulfate, sodium lauroyl sulfate,
potassium cocoyl sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl
sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, monoethanolamine cocoyl sulfate,
monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, sodium tridecyl benzene sulfonate,
sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, and mixtures thereof.
[0073] Amphoteric surfactants suitable for use in the compositions are
well known in the art, and include those surfactants broadly described as
derivatives of aliphatic secondary and tertiary amines in which the aliphatic
radical can be straight or branched chain and wherein one of the aliphatic
substituents contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one
contains an anionic water solubilizing group such as carboxy, sulfonate,
sulfate, phosphate, or phosphonate. In one embodiment, the amphoteric
surfactant comprises at least one compound selected from
cocoamphoacetate, cocoamphodiacetate, lauroamphoacetate, and
lauroamphodiacetate.
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[0074] Zwitterionic surfactants suitable for use in the personal care
compositions are well known in the art, and include, for example, those
surfactants broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic quaternary
ammonium, phosphonium, and sulfonium compounds, in which the
aliphatic radicals can be straight or branched chain, and wherein one of the
aliphatic substituents contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and
one contains an anionic group such as carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate,
phosphate or phosphonate. Specific examples of suitable Zwitterionic
surfactants include alkyl betaines, such as cocodimethyl carboxymethyl
betaine, lauryl dimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, lauryl dimethyl alpha-
carboxy-ethyl betaine, cetyl dimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, lauryl bis-(2-
hydroxy-ethyl)carboxy methyl betaine, stearyl bis-(2-hydroxy-
propyl)carboxymethyl betaine, oleyl dimethyl gamma-carboxypropyl
betaine, and lauryl bis-(2-hydroxypropyl)alpha-carboxyethyl betaine,
amidopropyl betaines, and alkyl sultaines, such as cocodimethyl
sulfopropyl betaine, stearyldimethyl sulfopropyl betaine, lauryl dimethyl
sulfoethyl betaine, lauryl bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)sulfopropyl betaine, and
alkylamidopropylhydroxy sultaines.
[0075] Nonionic surfactants suitable for use in the personal care
compositions are well known in the art, and include, for example, long
chain alkyl glucosides having alkyl groups containing about 8 carbon atoms
to about 22 carbon atoms, coconut fatty acid monoethanolamides such as
cocamide MEA, coconut fatty acid diethanolamides, and mixtures thereof.
[0076] The compositions can also comprise a conditioning agent.
Organic conditioning oils for use in the personal care compositions may
also comprise liquid polyolefins, more preferably liquid poly-.alpha.-olefins,
more preferably hydrogenated liquid poly-.alpha.-olefins. Polyolefins for use
herein are prepared by polymerization of C4to about C14 olefenic
monomers, preferably from about C6 to about C12. Conditioning agents
suitable for use in the personal care composition are well known in the art,
and include any material which is used to give a particular conditioning
benefit to hair and/or skin. In hair treatment compositions, suitable
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conditioning agents are those which deliver one or more benefits relating to
shine, softness, antistatic properties, wet-handling, damage, manageability,
body, and greasiness. Conditioning agents useful in personal care
compositions according to the present invention typically comprise a water
insoluble, water dispersible, non-volatile, liquid that forms emulsified,
liquid
particles or are solubilized by the surfactant micelles, in an anionic
surfactant component, as described above and include those conditioning
agents characterized generally as silicones, such as silicone oils, cationic
silicones, silicone gums, high refractive silicones, and silicone resins, and
organic conditioning oils, such as hydrocarbon oils, polyolefins, and fatty
esters.
[0077] In the case of personal care compositions comprising silicones,
the cationic guar of the invention has been found to provide unexpectedly
improved silicone deposition properties, which are very desirable in the art.
[0078] In certain embodiments, the derivatized guar gum of the invention
aids in the delivery of the conditioning agent onto and/or into the skin,
hair,
and/or nails.
[0079] The personal care compositions according to the present invention
may, optionally, further comprise other ingredients, in addition to benefit
agents, such as, for example, preservatives such as benzyl alcohol, methyl
paraben, propyl paraben, and imidazolidinyl urea, electrolytes, such as
sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, and sodium citrate, thickeners, such as
polyvinyl alcohol, pH adjusting agents such as citric acid and sodium
hydroxide, pearlescent or opacifying agents, dyes, and sequestering
agents, such as disodium ethylenediamine tetra-acetate.
[0080] In one embodiment, the boron-free guar of the invention is
prepared by comprising reacting the guar with glyoxal at a pH of less than
about 6, wherein no boron crosslinker is introduced. In certain
embodiments about 0.01 to about 30 parts by weight glyoxal per 100 parts
by weight guar is used. In certain embodiments Bronsted acid is reacted
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with alkaline guar to adjust pH to less than about 6 either prior to,
simultaneously with, or after introducing the glyoxal to the guar.
[0081] A preferred Bronsted acid is citric acid, but acetic or other
Bronsted acids can easily be used. The Bronsted acid is generally
introduced at a concentration of about 1 to 100% is used to adjust the pH to
less than about 6 and in some embodiments the pH is about 4.
[0082] The guar can be anionic, cationic, neutral, or derivatized with a
combination of derivatizing agents. When the guar is cationic or
derivatized with a combination of derivizing agents comprising a cationic
agent, it is especially useful for personal care compositions which include
an oil or particulate deliverable agent, in which case the absence of TMA
odor is especially advantageous.
[0083] In the field of personal care compositions, one or more oily
conditioning agents are usually included. Oily conditioning agents include
materials which are used to give a particular conditioning benefit to hair
and/or skin. In hair treatment compositions, suitable conditioning agents
are those which deliver one or more benefits relating to shine, softness,
combability, antistatic properties, wet-handling, damage, manageability,
body, and greasiness. The oily conditioning agents useful in the personal
care compositions typically comprise a water-insoluble, water-dispersible,
non-volatile, liquid that forms emulsified, liquid particles. Suitable oily
conditioning agents for use in the composition are those conditioning
agents characterized generally as silicones (e.g., silicone oils, cationic
silicones, silicone gums, high refractive silicones, and silicone resins),
organic conditioning oils (e.g., hydrocarbon oils, polyolefins, and fatty
esters) or combinations thereof, or those conditioning agents which
otherwise form liquid, dispersed particles in the aqueous surfactant matrix
herein. Other suitable organic conditioning oils for use as the conditioning
agent in the personal care compositions include fatty esters having at least
carbon atoms. These fatty esters include esters with hydrocarbyl chains
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esters hereof may include or have covalently bonded thereto other
compatible functionalities, such as amides and alkoxy moieties (e.g.,
ethoxy or ether linkages, etc.).
[0084] Specific examples of preferred fatty esters include, but are not
limited to, isopropyl isostearate, hexyl laurate, isohexyl laurate, isohexyl
palmitate, isopropyl palmitate, decyl oleate, isodecyl oleate, hexadecyl
stearate, decyl stearate, isopropyl isostearate, dihexyldecyl adipate, lauryl
lactate, myristyl lactate, cetyl lactate, oleyl stearate, oleyl oleate, oleyl
myristate, lauryl acetate, cetyl propionate, and oleyl adipate.
[0085] Other fatty esters suitable for use in the personal care
compositions are those known as polyhydric alcohol esters. Such
polyhydric alcohol esters include alkylene glycol esters. Still other fatty
esters suitable for use in the personal care compositions are glycerides,
including, but not limited to, mono-, di-, and tri-glycerides, preferably di-
and
tri-glycerides, more preferably triglycerides. A variety of these types of
materials can be obtained from vegetable and animal fats and oils, such as
castor oil, safflower oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, olive oil, cod liver oil,
almond oil, avocado oil, palm oil, sesame oil, lanolin and soybean oil.
Synthetic oils include, but are not limited to, triolein and tristearin
glyceryl
dilaurate.
[0086] Personal care formulations often comprise silicone. For example,
in shampoo formulations, silicone is included for its hair conditioning
property. Quality of shampoo formulations is often measured in terms of
the amount of silicone which is deposited on hair in standardized tests.
[0087] The personal care compositions may also comprise an anti-
dandruff active. Suitable non-limiting examples of anti-dandruff actives
include pyridinethione salts, azoles, selenium sulfide, particulate sulfur,
keratolytic agents, and mixtures thereof. Such anti-dandruff actives should
be physically and chemically compatible with the essential components of
the composition, and should not otherwise unduly impair product stability,
aesthetics or performance.
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[0088] Active ingredients can be any of the ones mentioned earlier,
especially a silicone compound, an organic oil, an anti-dandruff active, a
perfume, or combinations thereof.
[0089] One the several advantages of the invention is the dispersibility of
the guar, and in some embodiments another advantage is the higher rate of
deposition than that of the corresponding boron crosslinked guar.
[0090] Conditioners and shampoo compositions which include silicone oil
and cationic guar made according to the above described method are very
advantageous in that they have improved dispersion, deposition of silicone,
are non-yellowing, and do not suffer from TMA odor.
[0091] The following examples in which all parts and percentages are by
weight unless otherwise indicated are presented to illustrate a few
embodiments of the invention.
EXAMPLES
[0092] 1. Preparation of glyoxal cross-linked guars
[0093] Water, QUAT 188, sodium hydroxide, and guar splits are added to
a ribbon blender and mixed. The mixture is then heated to 130 F and then
held isothermal at 130 F for 1.5 hours. These splits are cooled, washed for
3 minutes at a ratio of 10:1 (water:splits), filtered and collected. To the
wet
splits, a 40% mixture of glyoxal in water is added to the splits and mixed for
minutes. Then, a 50% mixture of citric acid in water is added and mixed
for 10 minutes. These splits are then milled using a flash grinder and
collected as off-white powder. Below are the charges for examples
CAT07038.2, CAT07038.3, CAT07038.4 which are JAGUAR C-14 types,
and CAT07055.1 which is a JAGUAR C-17 type.
CAT07038 Grams
Splits 5000
Water 2278
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NaOH (50%) 472
Quat 188 (65%) 1710
NaOH (50%) 128
Water 1122
Total 10710
CAT07038.2 CAT07038.3 CAT07038.4
Splits (g / dry
basis) 1350 1350 1350
Glyoxal (40%) 28.4 14.4 7.4
Citric Acid (50%) 64.0 67.0 67.0
Glyoxal (%) 0.84% 0.43% 0.22%
CAT07055 Grams
Splits 5000
Water 2400
NaOH (25%) 1800
Quat 188 (65%) 2500
Total 11700
CAT07055.1
Splits (g / dry
basis) 1300
Glyoxal (40%) 28.1
Citric Acid (50%) 100.0
Glyoxal (%) 0.87%
[0094] H0708478C is a JAGUAR C-14 BFG that was produced with a
similar process as the CAT07038.1, but at the plant scale. H0708476C is a
JAGUAR C-17 BFG that was produced with a similar process as the
CAT07055.1, but at the plant scale.
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[0095] 2. Preparation of glyoxal cross-linked guar premix
[0096] 90 parts by weight deionised water is charged in a mixing vessel.
pH is adjusted to pH 4 using 20% citric acid solution. Then, 10 parts by
weight cationic guar is added with continuous mixing. The guar premix is
mixed for 15 min prior to be added in the main mixing vessel used for the
shampoo preparation.
[0097] 3. (Comparative) Preparation of boron-linked guar premix
[0098] 90 parts by weight deionised water is charged in a mixing vessel.
pH is adjusted to pH 12 using 50% NaOH solution. Then, 10 parts by
weight boron cross-linked cationic guar is added with continuous mixing.
The guar premix is mixed for 15 min prior to be added in the main mixing
vessel used for the shampoo preparation.
[0099] 4. Preparation of Surfactant Blend
[0100] The surfactants blend is prepared by charging the ingredients in a
mixing vessel in the following sequence: 36.7 wt. % deionized water, 6.9
wt. % Mirataine BETC30 (30.74% active), 56.3 wt. % Empicol ESB-3M
(26.5% active), 0.05 wt. % Kathon CG brand isothiazolone biocide. The
blend is mixed until homogeneous.
[0101] 5. Preparation of shampoo
[0102] A shampoo is prepared by mixing the ingredients which are
charged in the main mixing vessel in the following sequence: 93.9 parts by
weight surfactants blend, 1.5 parts by weight dimethicone emulsion (65%
active droplet size, approx 0.6 pm) Mirasil DM 500 000 emulsion, 3 parts
by weight guar premix and 1.6 parts by weight NaCI. Between each
addition, the shampoo is mixed until homogeneous. After salt addition, pH
is checked and adjusted to pH 6.0 - 6.5 if needed using citric acid or NaOH
solutions.
[0103] 6. Measurement of silicone deposition
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[0104] Deposition efficiency of shampoos is measured on Virgin Medium
Brown Caucasian Hair (hair tress weight: 4,5 grams; length below epoxy
blue clip: 20 cm) supplied by IHIP (International Hair Importers & Products
Inc.). Two measurements are done per shampoo to derive the mean value
and standard deviation.
[0105] The method contains 4 steps: A. the pre-treatment of the hair
tresses with a 10% SLES (sodium lauryl ether sulfate) solution, B. the
treatment of the hair tresses with the shampoo, C. the dimethicone
extraction using THF (Tetrahydrofuran) and D. the dosage of the extracted
dimethicone using GPC.
[0106] A. Hair pre-treatment: Hair tresses are pre-treated with a 10%
SLES solution, then rinsed with water prior to be treated with the
dimethicone-containing shampoo. The procedure is as follows: set the
water flow rate to 150 ml/s and the water temperature to 38 C. Wet the hair
tress under running water for 1 minute. Apply 3 ml of a 10% SLES solution
along the hair tress. Rinse under running water for 1 minute.
[0107] B. Hair treatment: Weigh out precisely approx. 450 mg of
shampoo. Roll the hair tress around the finger and withdraw the shampoo
with it. Massage the product into the hair for 45s. Make sure that the
product is distributed evenly across the tress assembly. Rinse under
running water for 30 s. Strip off excess water from the tress by pulling
through middle finger and forefinger. Leave to dry and equilibrate overnight
in a climatic room (21 C, 50% H.R.)
[0108] C. Silicone extraction: For each hair tress, tare a 250m1
polyethylene bottle. Introduce the hair tress in the bottle while maintaining
the mounting tab outside the bottle. Cut the hair just below the mounting
tab and record the amount of hair introduced in the bottle. Place the
polyethylene bottle and introduce about 100 ml of THF in it. Cap the bottle.
Place all the bottles on the agitation table and leave to mix for 24 hours at
200 rpm. Under the hood, transfer the THF extraction solution in a 150m1
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evaporating dish. Leave to evaporate (maximum ventilation rate) for 24
hours under the hood.
[0109] D. Dosage of the extracted dimethicone: Tare the evaporating
dish capped with a watch glass. Under the hood, introduce about 4m1 of
THF in the evaporating dish. Using a spatula, re-dissolve the dimethicone
deposited onto the walls of the evaporating dish. Once the silicone is re-
solubilized, weigh the evaporating dish capped with the watch glass and
record the amount of THF introduced. Using a syringe, transfer the
dimethicone solution in a 2m1 vial and cap the vial. Dose the dimethicone
concentration in the vial using GPC. The amount of dimethicone deposited
on hair, Q, expressed in ppm (pg of dimethicone per g of hair) is calculated
as follows:
Cchmethicone x MTHF
Q (pg dimethicone per gram of hair) = Mhair
where Cdimethicone is the dimethicone concentration in the GPC vial
expressed in ppm (pg dimethicone per gram of THF), mTHF the amount of
THF, expressed in grams, used to re-solubilize the dimethicone in the
evaporating dish and mhair, the amount of hair expressed in grams
introduced in the polyethylene bottle.
[0110] 6. Silicone Deposition Measurement of Invention versus Prior Art
[0111] A first set of measurements resulted in the following:
Crosslinker for Silicone Standard Deviation
Cationic Guar Deposited
1 % glyoxal 603 5
0.5% glyoxal 588 23
0.25% glyoxal 603 19
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Borax (comparative) 512 6
[0112] A second set of measurements resulted in the following:
Crosslinker for Silicone Standard Deviation
Cationic Guar Deposited
1 % glyoxal 604 17
Borax (comparative) 570 18
[0113] A third set of measurements resulted in the following:
Crosslinker for Silicone Standard Deviation
Cationic Guar Deposited
1 % glyoxal 595 20
1 % glyoxal 590 18
Borax 461 25
Borax 536 22
[0114] The following method was used to measure color of guar powders.
[0115] For each product, 3 pellets having a diameter of 13mm are
prepared by pressing 710 mg of guar powder at 8 tons for 1 min using a
15-ton hydraulic press. On each pellet, 3 colour measurements are
performed with a Konica Minolta Spectrophotometer CM-2600d/2500d in
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the L*a*b* system using the 100 observer and the illuminant D65 adjusted
with UV. L*a*b* data recorded are the ones obtained in the specular-
included geometry (SCI). b* coordinate reflects the yellowness degree. The
higher the b* value, the higher the yellowness. From the 9 measurements
done for each product, mean b* value and standard deviation are derived.
P rodUCt b* coordinate Standard
Blue (-) I Yellow (+) axis Deviation
C14S batch 3400 26.2 0.8
CAT07038-2 10.6 0.1
C14- CAT07038-3 10.4 0.1
like
CAT07038-4 10.3 0.1
BFG-C14 batch 12.2 0.1
H0708478C
C17 batch 226D 20.9 0.2
C17- CAT07055-1 11.7 0.1
like
BFG-C17 batch
12.4 0.1
H0708476C
[0116] The present invention, therefore, is well adapted to carry out the
objects and attain the ends and advantages mentioned, as well as others
inherent therein. While the invention has been depicted and described and
is defined by reference to particular preferred embodiments of the
invention, such references do not imply a limitation on the invention, and no
such limitation is to be inferred. The invention is capable of considerable
modification, alteration and equivalents in form and function, as will occur
to those ordinarily skilled in the pertinent arts. The depicted and described
preferred embodiments of the invention are exemplary only and are not
exhaustive of the scope of the invention. The scope of the claims should not
be limited by the preferred embodiments or the examples but should be given
the broadest interpratation consistent with the description as a whole.
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